Cody Schrader

Senior running back for Missouri. 2023: 1,617 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 22 catches.

RB · Missouri · Sr. · #7

5′9″ · 214 lb · Saint Louis, MO

CFB Index 88 · #7 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceConsensus AAMissouri 2023 alumnus

The story

4 running back for Missouri. 2023: 1,617 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 22 catches.

Named All-America (AP) in 2023.
Named All-America (Consensus) in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Missouri, 2,361 rushing yards, an All-American season (2023) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 116 yds vs Tennessee.Tennessee · W 36-72023

202313 games

All-Americafirst · 9 selectors
All-SECfirst
Burlsworthwinner

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

Missouri

2022–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

10 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2023)

7 first-team selectors

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ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM

All-SEC 1st team (2023)

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Eli Drinkwitz, all run-leaning offenses — 17-9 over that span.

2022Missouri6-7HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning

2023Missouri11-2HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

88All-Conference level #7 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (99th percentile). Strength: carries (99th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#111 / 426 · 74th pct

5.9

Success rate#118 / 426 · 72nd pct

48.8%

TD rate#181 / 426 · 58th pct

4.9%

EPA / carry#195 / 426 · 54th pct

0.18

Explosive rate#209 / 426 · 51st pct

7.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#3 / 333 · 99th pct

1617

Carries#4 / 333 · 99th pct

276

Rush TDs#15 / 333 · 95th pct

Yards / carry#53 / 333 · 84th pct

5.9

Receptions#54 / 327 · 83rd pct

Rec yards#60 / 327 · 82nd pct

191

Long run#126 / 333 · 61st pct

Fumbles lost#67 / 207 · 47th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

16th → 54th percentile

Success rate

33rd → 72nd percentile

Explosive rate

31st → 51st percentile

Yards / carry

23rd → 74th percentile

TD rate

59th → 58th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

273 carries

14%

Stuffed (≤0)

32%

Grind (1–3)

41%

Chunk (4–9)

14%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	129	6.7	1.1
Road5g	118	5.0	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	97.0	5.8	1.0
Weeks 8+5g	168	6.3	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eli Drinkwitz

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

88 · #7 of 310 RBs

Selector Grid · 2023

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN1st

SI1st

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Missouri	276	1,617	5.9	14	--
2022	Missouri	170	744	4.4	9	--
Career		446	2,361	5.3	23	--

Season	Team
2023	Missouri	22	191	8.7	--
2022	Missouri	19	137	7.2	--
Career		41	328	8.0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2023

W 14–3

at Ohio State

128 rush yds (29 car) · 1 TD

With R. Williams — 40 AVG · 5 IN 20 · 49 LONG · B. Cook — 128 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.0 · 66 rush yds (19 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Florida · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +3.96Cody Schrader run for 42 yds for a TD (Harrison Mevis KICK)
Week 12 · Florida · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +3.68Cody Schrader run for 34 yds to the FLA 26 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Tennessee · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.21Brady Cook pass complete to Cody Schrader for 43 yds to the TENN 32 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · LSU · 2&4 · Q3 · EPA +3.16Cody Schrader run for 52 yds to the LSU 17 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Memphis · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.05Cody Schrader 37 Yd Run (Harrison Mevis Kick)
Week 11 · Tennessee · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.03Brady Cook pass complete to Cody Schrader for 38 yds to the TENN 37 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Kentucky · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.97Cody Schrader run for 19 yds for a TD (Harrison Mevis KICK)
Week 11 · Tennessee · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.88Cody Schrader run for 35 yds to the TENN 47 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · South Carolina · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.80Cody Schrader run for 11 yds for a TD (Harrison Mevis KICK)
Week 6 · LSU · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.63Cody Schrader run for 21 yds for a TD (Harrison Mevis KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 35-10vs South Dakota	18	138	7.7	1	42
Wk 2	W 23-19vs Middle Tennessee	23	84	3.7	0	10
Wk 3	W 30-27vs Kansas State	10	58	5.8	0	36
Wk 4	W 34-27vs Memphis	14	123	8.8	1	37
Wk 5	W 38-21@ Vanderbilt	16	60	3.8	1	9
Wk 6	L 39-49vs LSU	13	114	8.8	3	52	3 rushing TDs
Wk 7	W 38-21@ Kentucky	20	71	3.6	1	19
Wk 8	W 34-12vs South Carolina	26	159	6.1	2	29	159-yard day
Wk 10	L 21-30@ Georgia	22	112	5.1	1	13
Wk 11	W 36-7vs Tennessee	35	205	5.9	1	35	205-yard day
Wk 12	W 33-31vs Florida	23	148	6.4	1	42
Wk 13	W 48-14@ Arkansas	27	217	8.0	1	49	Season-high 217 yds
Bowl	W 14-3@ Ohio State	29	128	4.4	1	11
Total		276	1617	6.0	14	52

How he plays

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

273Carries

1563Yards

14.6%Top-5 share

13.9%Stuffed rate

Just 14.6% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 13.9% of his carries. 9 carries for 22 yds vs Kansas State; 27 for 217 vs Arkansas.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

~ our read

58.7%Carry share

53.8%Q4-lead share

84.1%In competitive games

58.7% of carries overall (272/463) → 53.8% of Q4-with-lead carries (63/117) — 84.1% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

16/183rd/4th & short

14/31Inside-5 share